1 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从下面方框内所给11个词中选择10个意义相符的词，必要时进行词形变化，填入空白处，每空一词。
care, sun, for, how, happy, piece, because, they, well, never, if

Most people would stay away from bees while meeting them. However, if your goal(目标) is to grow a beautiful and productive(丰收的) garden, you will want to bring on bees.
How to attract(吸引) bees?
Plant! Plant! Plant! Plant not only vegetables but also colorful flowers. Bees are attracted by colors and purple, yellow, white and blue are     1    favorites. If possible, you should be     2    to plant different flowers for bees to choose from. Be sure to plant some flowers in     3    areas. Bees like warm and bright places     4    than cool and dark ones.
Another part of learning     5    to attract bees is to always leave a place for wild grass or flowers near your garden. This is where bees can live comfortably and     6    . You can also design a bee house     7    the bees to live. To do this, you can use several     8    of bamboo tied together. Place the house close to the ground     9    bees prefer living close to the ground. Preparing such a place can make sure that they will enjoy and     10    want to leave.
Be sure to leave water around for them to drink. Once the bees are there and active, you will have a fruitful garden.

2 . 阅读短文，根据题目要求完成各小题。

In early spring, the changing temperature usually makes a number of Chinese people uncomfortable. Cold air, bringing rain or even snow, easily tears up(破坏) the warmth of the spring within a night(一夜之间).
However, with the coming of Guyu-the Grain(谷物) Rain, the blue sky and gentle winds would finally stay. Falling usually on or around April 20 every year, Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms(节气). It means the beginning of a lively summer and people get busy from now on.
Sow(播种) grains
This is an important period of the growth of grains. The ancient Chinese already knew that as Guyu comes, the weather will become warm enough for sowing. The farmers usually catch the chance to plant rice, corn and beans.
Hope for safety and harvest
For those living near the sea, they will hold some ceremonies(仪式) on Guyu, hoping for safety as well as harvest during the coming fishing season.
Watch the peony
It’s also a great time to see the peony(牡丹), which is known as “the Queen of All Flowers” in Chinese culture. As a result, watching peonies becomes one of the most enjoyable activities for many. The flower is said to be the favourite of Empress(女皇) Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, who was the only woman ruler in Chinese history.
Pick tea leaves
Tea leaves picked before Guyu are among the best tea leaves. People believe that the tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu can make eyes clear and drive away bad luck. So the habit of drinking tea at this time of year has become a tradition in some places of China.
1. When does Guyu usually come every year?
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2. Why is Guyu an important time for sowing grains?
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3. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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4. List(列表) activities on Guyu according to the passage (at least two).
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5. Give a proper title to the passage.
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3 . Just 28years ago，Berlin was a city divided into two by the Berlin Wall．How excited people were as the Berlin Wall came down．Since then，Berlin has become one of the coolest cities in Europe．Here are the main reasons why I think Berlin is cool．
First，Berlin has cheap hotels and everyday objects （物品）．You needn't worry about spending too much money when visiting Berlin．
Second，Berlin knows how to give parties，and there is a festival here every month of the year．Perhaps the most famous is the Berlin International Film Festival （the BIFF）．
Third，Berlin has beautiful buildings of its own．The Brandenburg Gate is one of the city's most famous buildings．It's the symbol （象征） of more than 200years of history．The TV Tower is as good as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the London Eye．
Lastly，Berlin is a city of living art．Artists can create works of art on the sides of buildings．
If you want to visit a European city with culture，cheap objects and lots of colours，Berlin is the place to be．What are you waiting for？Get to Europe's coolest city before anyone else discovers it
1. The Berlin Wall came down in ．

A．1 969．

B．1979

C．1989

D．1999．

2. The writer does NOT tell us that in Berlin．

A．everyday objects are cheap

B．how often a festival is held

C．people know how to give parties

D．in which month the BIFF is held

3. According to the 4th paragraph（段落 ）， great buildings of Berlin are mentioned．

A．two

B．three．

C．four

D．five

4. The writer suggests that we ．

A．create works of art

B．choose Berlin as the city to visit

C．build some towers like the Eiffel Tower

D．discover a cooler city than Berlin to visit

5. Which is the best title （题目）for the passage？

A．Berlin's festivals

B．Berlin﹣a really cool city

C．Berlin's beautiful buildings

D．Berlin﹣a city of living art．

4 . It's difficult when you have no good friends around﹣maybe because you have moved to a different school or a different class or you re sick at home．没有朋友你也许会感到寂寞．You want to have new friends．But how to make them？How do you start？How do you get along with people？Here are five ways to help you to do these．
Greet（问候）people
Greet people and hope that they have a good day﹣whatever time of day it is．It doesn't hurt any people．It also makes people think you're friendly．
Share
Take     something to eat in your pocket．Ask if people would like to have some，and at the
same time hand it to them．
Help people
Simple actions，like helping people carry something or opening a door show your kindness．
Smile
Perhaps smiling is the easiest way to introduce yourself．There's a great reason why it takes fewer muscles（肌肉）to smile than to cry．Nature just wishes us to smile more．
Respect（尊敬）others
The world's full of differences．So learn to respect others．It is the only way other people will respect you．
1. 将文中划线的汉语句子译成英语．
2. 将文中划线的英语句子译成汉语．
3. What does the writer advise us to take in our pockets？
4. Which takes more muscles，smiling or crying？
5. What does the underlined word"lt"in the last sentence refer to（指的是）？

5 .
Nadia Comaneci, a famous gymnast (体操运动员), was born in Romania in 1961.
When she was doing cartwheels(侧手翻)on the playground at the age of 7, a PE teacher saw her. He told her family that she was very good and advised Nadia to train in the capital of Romania. Although it was a long way from her home, Nadia went because she loved gymnastics (体操).
After that, she trained hard and took part in lots of competitions. In 1975, she was named as one of the Athletes of the 20^th Century.
In 1976, Nadia went to the Olympics in Canada.   She was so fantastic in the competition that everyone waited for the score, a high score. But the scoreboard showed 1.00!
Everyone was surprised. There wasn’t a sound for a moment. Then a voice came, “Ladies and gentlemen, Nadia Comaneci… 10!”
The audience (观众) cheered very loudly. So what happened? Well, when the scoreboard was built, no one thought a score of 10.00 was possible. The decimal point (小数点) was in the wrong place! In fact, the scoreboard only had three digits (数位) to show scores, such as 9.50 or 9.85 at that time.
In the 1976 Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10, which was thought impossible before. From then on, she was looked as a hero. In 1984, she got retired (退休的).
1. Nadia was named as one of the Athletes of the 20th Century in _______.

A．1961

B．1975

C．1976

D．1984

2. At first, the scoreboard showed Nadia got _______ in the Olympics in Canada.

A．10.00

B．1.00

C．9.50

D．9.85

3. In Paragraph (段落) 5, “Everyone was surprised” because _______.

A．she was fantastic in the competition

B．there wasn’t a sound

C．she got a score of 10

D．the score was too low

4. Put the following into correct order according to the passage.
①Nadia went to the Olympics in Canada.
②A PE teacher saw her doing cartwheels on the playground.
③Nadia went to the capital to train.
④She was looked as a hero.

A．②③①④

B．③①②④

C．③①④②

D．④③①②

5. This passage is probably a ______.

A．news report

B．notice

C．novel

D．life story

6 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices（香料）,cloth, valuable stones and gold.

There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers（士兵）travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China was started.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes（路线）are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1. How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?

A．About 3000.

B．Nearly 6500.

C．Almost 2000

D．Over 35,000

2. Traders carried all kinds of goods along the Silk Road. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A．Silk

B．Cloth.

C．Gold.

D．Tea.

3. Who married ancient Chinese women in the story of blue-eyed villages of China?

A．Asian soldiers.

B．African soldiers.

C．European soldiers.

D．American soldiers.

4. What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road.

B．The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix.

C．Ancient Chinese along the Slik Road may be able to speak different languages.

D．The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road.

5. Which part of a magazine can this passage come from?

A．History and Geography.

B．Sports World.

C．Man and Animals.

D．Popular Science.

7 . 阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。

Everywhere in the world there are different ways of behaving. When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural background. So if you want to get on with someone from another culture, it helps to understand something about these differences. Even how we stand depends on our culture. English people talk to each other at an average (平均的) distance of 130 cm, while Italians chat at an average distance of 80 cm. So Italians can think that English people are unfriendly because they stand too far away! And English people can think that Italians are too close. Touching is also cultural. The French touch much more than Americans. A French couple may touch 100 times in half an hour while an American couple may only touch twice! And French teenagers touch each other much more than American teens..

1. 任务一 请将划线句子翻译成汉语___________________________________________________
2. 任务二 请根据短文内容回答问题。
In which country should you arrive on time for a meal?
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What do French people do when they eat out?
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3. 任务三 请根据短文内容，完成下面的句子
According to the passage, Italians stand ________ than English people. American teens touch ________ than French teenagers.

8 . 阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。

Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys. Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers. Humpback whales (座头鲸) prefer a slow journey. The humpbacks, which travel over 10,000 kilometers on their journey from Alaska to Hawaii, swim at a relaxing speed of about 1.6 kilometers an hour. Although they don’t swim fast, humpback whales travel farther than any other kinds of whale.

Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and Montreal — millions of amazing Monarch butterflies (帝王蝶) beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey, which takes about 3 months, is longer than the average ( 平 均 的 ) life of the butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before.

任务一
根据文章内容，完成下列句子。
Humpback whales swim at a speed of     1    an hour from Alaska to     2    . They travel slowly but     3    among all whales. Monarch butterflies spend    4    flying from Canada to Central Mexico. It lasts longer than their average life. The ones which arrive at the final place are     5    or even the great great grandchildren.
任务二
请用英语简要概括出本文的主旨大意，不超过10个单词。
The passage is mainly about    6    .

9 . 阅读下面短文，按要求完成各项任务。
A survey of young people around the world looked at their ideas of today’s teenagers. It shows how different they are to those of their parents and grandparents. The survey wanted to try and understand the next generation ( 一 代 人 ) of adults better and these are some of the results. They show that there are many more (A) similarities between young people around the world than differences.
1      
Gap years ( 间 隔 年 ) between school and university are becoming more and more common. Today’s teenagers want to travel to different countries and experience different cultures. They regard this as an important part of their character development.
2       
For most teenagers, family and friends are the most important side of life. According to the survey, 60 percent of British young people said their relationship with their family was of the highest importance to (B) them.
3        
75 percent of teenagers in Western Europe expect to have enough money to live when they are adults. They are a happy generation. Eight out of ten believe they will have a good profession with a job they enjoy. They also expect that they will be happy and healthy.
4       
Young people now are hungry for all kinds of information on mass media. 57 percent of teenagers in the UK read at least one magazine every week, which is one of the highest totals in the world.
1.根据文章内容，把相关的信息匹配。将答案的字母代号填入对应的横线上。
A.Hope in the future             B.Crazy for information
C.Discovering the world        D.Family and friends
1. ______
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. 根据上下文，猜测文中(A)处划线单词 similarities 的中文意思。____
6. 找出(B)处划线单词 them 所指代的内容。____
7. 请从文中找出与They have strong interest in learning about all kinds of information from radio, television, Internet and so on. 意思相近的句子。
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10 . A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there’s nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it’s underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.
Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋) melt( 融化). Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.
Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy’s biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned to be build under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.
1. Which is the best way to travel in Venice?

A．The waterways.	B．Taxis and cars.
C．400 bridges	D．Boats and rain shoes.

2. What doesn’t cause Venice to get lower and lower?

A．The ice of the Arctic Ocean melt.

B．Seawater is everywhere around the city.

C．People used too much underground water

D．The temperature has become higher over the years.

3. What can we infer from the last passage?

A．Venice is sure to stop getting lower.

B．High waters won’t hit Venice any more.

C．Scientists can solve the problems easily

D．Some possible ways help to solve the problem.

4. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．The Places of Interest of Venice

B．The History of Venice.

C．The Specials and Problems of Venice

D．The MOST Project of Venice.